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Conservation Biology Semester Calendar (Fall 2009)
Seminars meet in 106 LeFevre, Reading groups meet in 210 ABNR Hall
All events begin at 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays.
NOTE: The seminar/reading group can be taken for 1 hour of graduate credit. Register for BIO_SCI 8187, section 07
To be added to the Conservation Biology listserv for announcements on upcoming seminars and events, contact Jen Hamel.
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Fall 2009
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Aug 27 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Julia Earl
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Topic: “The How-Much-Is-Enough Myth.”
Wilhere (2008) Conservation Biology 22: 514-517 |
Wilhere 2008 |
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| Sept 3 |
Student Mixer |
Special Location: Shakespeare's Pizza |
Come eat some pizza and meet other students interested in Conservation Biology! |
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| Sept 10 |
Student Organizational Meeting |
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Learn about Conservation Biology certificate program coursework and internship opportunities, and participate in future planning. We need your input! |
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Sept 17 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Mark Mackey
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Topic: "Hunting for conservation strategies." |
Heberlein 1991
Peyton 2000 |
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Sept 24 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Francisco Aguilar |
Topic: Property rights, genetic resources, and biotechnological change |
Sedjo 1992
Young 2007 (optional) |
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Oct 1 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Beth O’Hara |
Topic: “Restoring demographic processes in translocated populations: The case of the Collared Lizard in the Missouri Ozarks using prescribed forest fires.” Templeton et al. (2007) Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 53: 179-196 |
Templeton et al. 2007 |
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| Oct 8 |
Seminar |
Dr. Jennifer Neuwald, Iowa State University |
Topic: Dispersal fragmentation in Collared Lizards in the Missouri Ozarks. |
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| Oct 15 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Emily Groom |
Topic: Ecotourism |
Lindsey et al. 2005
Woodford et al. 2002 |
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| Oct 22 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Julia Earl |
Topic: Effects of consumers on invasive plants |
Seabloom et al. 2009 |
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| Oct 29 |
Seminar |
Dr. John Orrock, Washington University, St. Louis |
Topic: Effects of native consumers on invasion in oak savanna communities. |
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| Nov 5 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Dr. Jim Carrel |
Topic: Insect Conservation |
Settele and Kühn 2009 |
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| Nov 12 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Julia Riley |
Topic: Environmental Law |
Great Plains
Chen 2005 |
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| Nov 19 |
Seminar |
Dr. Jon Gering, Truman State University |
Topic: Population and community ecology of katydids. |
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| Dec 3 |
Student Presentations |
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Conservation Biology Fellowship student presentations |
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For schedule updates and information on pizza lunches
with seminar speakers, please see www.conservbio.missouri.edu
Inviting Seminar Speakers
If you would like to suggest a speaker for upcoming
semesters, please email the graduate
student seminar coordinator with the name, affiliation, and webpage
(if available) of the potential speaker. In addition, please indicate
if this person will be on campus for another reason (e.g. graduate committee
member meeting, or attending another event in Columbia) or if there is
a potential cosponsor. To ensure a diversity of speakers compose the limited
number of seminars each semester, the seminar committee will meet bi-annually
to decide the order in which invitations will be issued.
Other seminar series of interest at MU
Many other departments on campus (e.g. Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife) have seminar series that may be of interest to
the conservation-minded. Please see the link to their calendars below. If you know of other seminars that would be relevant to add to the list,
please contact the ConsBio webmaster.
Calendar of other relevant MU seminar series
Past Seminars
Fall 2008 Seminar Schedule
Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2007 Seminar Schedule
Winter 2007 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2006 Seminar Schedule
Winter 2006 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2005 Seminar Schedule
Winter 2005 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2004 Seminar Schedule
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Conservation Biology Program
University of Missouri-Columbia
conservbio@missouri.edu
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